April 27, 2009

Passersby can't help but notice theater facelift

Sidewalk supervisors this week can view the renovation underway of the entrance and lobby at the La Grange Theatre, which this morning looked cavernous, literally stripped to its brick walls. But this afternoon, workers were wheeling in a pallet of ceramic wall tiles from DeSitter Flooring, offering a first hint of the new look to come.

Owners John Rot and David Rizner plan to reopen the theater on May 1, just in time to welcome a potential army of new patrons who learned about the theater and its facelift (partially underwritten by $1 million in financial aid from village taxpayers) from reading a huge spread in last Friday's Chicago Tribune.